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amo?a?? II" MR. BENTON'S APPEAL. To the People of Missouri. The General Assembly of our Slate, nt its 'X late session, adopted certain resolutions on the subject of slavery, and gave me instructions to ^ilSj^hbrn. From this command I appeal to tb* people of Missouri?the whole body of the iv.people-i-and if they confirm the instructions, 1 "shall gite them an opportunity to find a Senator r. tprevry their will into efTect, as I cannot do anything to dissolve this Union, or to array one. half of it against the. other. f do not admit a dissolution of the Union to ^ ^jjHe.a remedy, to be prescribed by statesmen for ^ ,$?ej diseases of the body politic, any more than ?jj admit death, or suicide, to be a remedy, to be ja prescribed by physicians for the diseases of the A^^botly. Cure, and not kill, is the only remedy which my mind can contemplate in either case. * ?^ki.1,1,* itikot T Alicorrn fhnf 1 (ninK ii |?niu<i?ic, ii win num i -v, ...... ^fhere are many citizens?good friends to the . harmony and stability of the Union?who do see the Missouri instructions and their pro.totype, the Calhoyn address, in the same light ,:.4 that I see it, aqcl.iq<the light in which it is seen V Iqr others who best understand it. For the information of such citizens and to let them see next step in this movement, and where it is intended to end, I herewith subjoin a copy of ,,, the Accomac resolutions lately adopted in that county of Virginia, and fully endorsed by the Richmond Enquirer, as the voice of the South. v ^do not produce thcs^fcsolutions for the pur qf arraigning them ; on the contrary I see something in them to admire as being bold an I open, and to tho true interpretation and legitimatp . sequence of the Calhoun movement, f * V^coosider the Calhoun address, and its offspring, Missouri instructions, as fundamentally .wrongs but to those who think them right, the mac resolutions are also right, and should bo, immediately imitated by similar resolutions v-in; Missouri. I produce them to enable the f- : : |KUpt6 Ul HIIMUUII (II oco nuui iv 10 tu ?mv? their Legislature would commit (he State, and what it is they have instructed mc to do. I appeal from these instructions to the pco pteof Missouri?the whole body of the people? and in due time will give my reasons for doing fo. It is a question above party, and goes to MfejnS ?kole people* 1? that point of view ihe i^Accomac resolutions present it?and present it truly, and I shall do the same. I shall abide The (jpcjsi on of the whole people, and nothing lass. Respectfully, Thomas H. Benton. St. Louis, May 0,1840. ..3 \ From the Columbia Telegraph. ' Saluda Factory, May 18 1849. *r. Editor,?Dear Sir:?As the profitable employment of labor is engrossing the public ^ fiiind at the present time, I cheerfully comply with your request, to furnish a statement of our espeneRCO in the employment of Blacks, in the manufactory ot Cotton goods. Previous to my coming to this State, a little more than a jear since, I had always supposed Thai' Blacks could not be employed to ndvan?n department of labor. This im" v'prpMlbn was created, not by personal observation, hut by the constant representation of their ^extreme indolence, carelessness, and utter want jSf ingenuity. Upon my arrival at Saluda, Factory, I found Th the employ of that Company several black ... . - i- i i i. 1 i... . bands, and aimougn a vote nau uccn [)u?>cu the Stockholders to dismiss them, and to employ exclusively white hands?yet it was necessary to retain the blacks until the time for which they were engaged, should expire. This gave me an opportunity to notice their habits and to te?t their efficiency as operatives in a Cot. ion Factory. Their activity and promptness jtoon attracted my notice, and [ watched with , great interest and some curiostity, the progress of affairs, until the close of their ternrof service, At the expiration of that time, my former impressions had entirely giren place to the con'lt' Vietion, that under all the circumstances con nepted with the Mill, it would he decidedly for the interest of the Stockholders still to retain in their employ a large proportion of black hands. And as the immediate cause for the passage of the above vote seemed to be removed, they ac~ ceded to the proposition. in it* * i t To effect this it became necessary to employ several new hands, nearly all of whom had nev. er before seen a Cotton Factory. They were put to the work as new hands, receiving no greater facilities for learning and performing their duliee. than is always, allowed to such hands; and I have never seen an equal number ' oTrtrtirely new hands become efficient opera tfvesin a less time. I believe that an equal number of persons -fnay be taken from the farming dist.icts of any .-oftho Northern States, with the saine discrimilion as to native talent, and put to the same kind -of work, and they will not become more efficient Hh the aatue length of lime. ft is true that it requires skill and intelligence ^ o manage cotton machinery to advantage; so it 1 requires skill and intelligence to manage a farm or a plantation to advantage. It docs not fo|. low, that because the person who works with the hoe, does not understand why one compost ioput in one place and a different kind in anolhr er, that therefore he cannot do justice to the plants with his hoe, ?neither does it follow, that because the operative is not versed in the sciences or skilled in the mechanic arts, that therefore he cannot be efficient at the spinning frame or the loom, as an operative. ~ 1 know very well that in the selection of hands for the mills at the North, preference is always given to those who have enjoyed the advantages of intellectual culture; the entire want of which would bo considered almost sufficient to disqualify the applicant for any service in the % mill. But that deficiency in the white populalion of Massachusetts is an index tou^very different state of things from that which the .same deficiency denotes in the blacks of South Carolina. In the formor State, there is a 6chnol brought within reach of every man's door, and he. is per. . milted, nay entreated to send his children to J L .1 ] .HA..,.,' CIIOOI RT1U Ililvrs IIICIII UUU' aicu iriiuuut and without price." If therefore, such oppor* tunities are allowed to pass unimproved, it is not difficult to divine in what habits such persons must have been drilled. The same defi- j : ciency intentionally universal among t ho blacks, , bears no such evidence of indolence and reck> jessocss of valuable acquisition. 'J'hey are early {trained to habits of industry and patient endurance, and by the concentration of all iheir faculties to the few departments ol human acquisition to which they are necessarily re. 1 strictod, their imitative faculties become cultivated to a very high degree, their muscles become trained and made obedient to the will, so , that whatever they see done they are very i quirk in learning to do, without entering into I ? any philosophical inquiry as to the method of doing it. O^Our Carding and spinnlng-rooms are fbrnished with black hands almost entirely, and they'"perform their duties as promptly and as well as any hands I havo ever scen.^Q I We have thirty.eight Cards and about five is thousand Spindles; we are making Yarns of all st numbers from five to twenty. We have also fo i introduced Colored work into the Mill, and al- j tl: i though our arrangements for the Colored work j ta are not quite compile, causing a small loss in the ! ic amount of work, yet we are manufacturing over fc twelve thousand pounds of Cotton per week? r< the work for the last week being twelve thou* sind one hundred and forty pounds. n Whether it be true policy of the South to tl employ blacks in that department of labor, or d whether there is any real danger to bo appre* v eended from the influence of sensible men from a the North to learn them, or whether it is ad- c visahle for the South to employ blacks in that [ depaitme.nt of labor at all or not, there con he d no doubt as to the capacity or availability of the p blacks in becoming efficient operatives, 01 of 'J the ultimate success of the working class of the a white population, (if they persevere,) in becom- n ing successful manufacturers. T: J. GRAVES. r ii FROM CI1AGRES. b The ltark Florida, Capt. M'Carty, (says the tt N. 0. Cresent City of Tuesday,) arrived yes. terday from Chagrcs, from which place she sailed on the 8ih instant. She brought passen- C ger Capt. Beall, U. S. A.. who firings de- i| ."patches for tho Government from California, ti The Captain is on his return, having carried h out despatches by the land route, over the p mountains, not far from Captain Fremont's li route. The Florida hrings no mail?reports '| ten or fifteen vessels at Panama?sufficient to v transport all the passengers there to San Fran, s cisco. No vessels at Chargrcs. The Oregon , ti and the California both reached Panama on the ; n 5th, on their return trip from San Francisco. Tho reports ftom the gold regions are all con- v firmatory of the extraordinary gold news. o Capt. Beall, we understand, has a lump of c gold weighing nearly eight pounds, a solid spe- | cimen of California wealth. v The Mobile Register of Wednesday contains a tho following among other interesting particu- fi lars, after an interview hy the editors with Capt. Beall:? p( Gon. Persefer F. Smith, the Governor, greet- _ ctl tho new comers with n hearty welcome, I a received tho despatches intended fur himself, v and forwarded the communications for Gen. c Lane, in Oregon, hy a speedy conveyance. _ Lieut. Beall remained but a few days at San Francisco, hut took time to look around him at *L- Tlin ricre for Ul(! UOIIUIIIOII Ul IUI1 kuilinij. . ... gold, like the rod of Aaron, had swallowed tip all other passions. The inhabitants would not even take time to erect fir themselves tho no- i 1 cessary edifices, but were residing in icnls and ' ' shantces hastily erected. The extent of the f Gold Region cannot be defined. It has already j"' been found to cover a territory more than a .. hundred and fifty mile.* in length, and from fifty ' to sixty in breadth. The precious metal is dis- 11 covered in a perfectly pure state in the beds of e the streams, and in the hills and plains adja- | ? cent. It is found in small particles or flakes in the water, mingled with sand, which has only j1 to be washed away to leave a residue of fine 1 gold; and in tho "dry diggins" it exists in solid lu nps, some weighing eight or ten pounds, ; which arc dug up with pick-axes and spades.? 1 '' I The laborers generally prefer working in the h ' streams, as the other method is the most lahori- c ' ons. FIvery laborer can certainly secure, each n day, nt least twenty dollars' worth ot the metal, while those who are fortunate frequently | a make from one to two hundred dollars. ! l' Lieut. Beall showed us specimens of gold he j ' had procured in the country, of both varieties, j in particles and lumps. One specimen was il well calculated to make the eyes stare and j "the lips water." It was a solid lump, weighing eight pounds, and worth $2000, of the ,r pure, rosy gold! It is impossible to compute tho number ol a j persons now in California. "No census could " ! he taken," for they are scattered everywhere , ! through its extensive forests, prosecuting the j " ; quest for the root of all evil. Still tho utmost ' n gooJ order prevails in the country; they have no regular laws, hut the largo infusion of intelligent nnd upright inhabitants preserves peace c and quiet, by a species of modified Lynch jurisdiction which necessity has created. They ai do not complain, as has been said. * Lieut. Beall informs us that the rumor of a mutiny on the Ohio is without foundation, ns p: everything was in a most perfect state of suitor- j l' flirtation on that vessel the night before he left. Governor Smith having entrusted him with des- j tc patches for our Government, ho took passage , " " ? ? -1- - IO.L .s a ?,;l ! c! trorn aan r ran Cisco, on uu; iom <? board the steamer Oregon, for Panama. The steamer touching at San Mass, and remaining a three days for fuel, he received information ; from a party of Mexicans who had been trading ' among the Indians, of the safe arrival of Col. j P' Fremont and party. That gallant officer had ' c' proceeded across the desert for San Francisco. After a trip of about twenty days, the Oregon J" arrived at Panama. Hero Lieut. ifoall met ^ .Mrs Fremont with Mrs. Jacobs, her brother-inlaw, and communicated the nows concerning ^ her husband. She had previously received accounts from the United Slates, of his difficub t (1 ties and ofhis fortunate escape. About two thousand persons are waiting at Panama for J transportation to San Francisco. About three * hundred of these, including Mrs. Fremont, would . SO take passage in tho Oregon; and the others would go in the California and other vessels ] j daily expected. The California was to leave San Francisco the day after Lieut, [foulI, with MrsTersifer Smith, and a number ofother ladies a' ITniioit .<Stnii>? With (his nartv ICllll lllll^ I J 0( C'ol. Mason would also return. IJeing dorirous of reaching Chngres in time s|( lor the Falcon, Lieut. li. proceeded at once, by |,( night; but though ho reached that port in Rev- Pj, enteen hours, ho found that the steamer had sailed the evening before. Leaving the mails p(| , for the return of that steamer, lie took passage sU on the 1st inst., on the bark Florida, for New ! Orleans, where he arrived on Monday morning ^ j and immediately came on to this city. His journey has thus been remarkably brief, but had I |)t he obtained passage on the Falcon, he would ^ have made the trip to New Yotk from San Francisco, in the remarkable short time of twcMy.soven days ! * Lieut. Hell proceeded on yesterday, for Washington, by the mail boat from this city. j m Mamtpactuiir of Shot.?To those who are he UnaC(|UHIIIlC(l nun III!*. (Iiua-M ?n Biiui iiinnui^, a brief description of its modus operandi may sy not bo unacceptable. Tho process, although to somewhat curious, is exceedingly simple, and fir requires no expensive or complicated machine* va rv. Tho whole process, as explained by Mr. Konnet', of St. Louis, whoso success in the m manufacture of this article is worthy the entei ca prize, which induced it, is very briefly given, and pa may be new to some of our readers. on Tho tower is thirty-one feet in diameter at the base, and seventeen feet nt tho top, and one rii hundred and seventy-five feet high. The lead | de conveyed by an endless chain into the upper 1 ory, where it is melted, and whilst in a lqiuid rtn, is passed thro' a ladle sieve of the size of in shot intended to he made, and falls the dis* inre of one hundred and fifty feet, into a cisirn of cold water. This gives the globular irm to the drops, which are chilled belore jaching the bottom of the cistern. From this cistern they are conveyed to a atural drum in which a spiral wheel brings mtn all in contact with heated air, and thus ries them. They are then passed into a reolving cylendcr, in which they are polished, nd from thenre passed over a succession of in lined plains or tables, about six inches apart, n passing orer these tables, the imperfect shot rop between the tables, and those which are erfect roll ox*er into the receptacle helovv.? "*hey are then passed into a hopper, and, by succession of seivcs, or gnages, worked by lachincry, the various sizes are separated. Jach sieve is then emptied into the appropriate eccptacle, which completes the operation, leav. ag the shot ready for bagging, after which it is Mterod according to its size, and is then ready >r market. Foundry in Georgetown*.?The Wynyah )bserver, says it gives much pleasure to say, liat during the last week Mr. J. Butts, of this ;iwn long known for his mechanical skill, has lis Foundry in operation, and can now cast, by atlern, any article that may be wanted for mills oats and other machinery, of medium size:? rhis is a great acquisition to our town, and rill be found quite a convenience to many porous who have heretofore been obliged to send a Charleston and the north to have broken lachincry repaired. He has an admirable Grist Mill attached, rhich grinds up the corn to the fancy of the wner two days in the week, another great acommodation to the town at least. So far Mr. fulls has benefitted the town and me country 1 rhere lie first commenced twenty years ago, ! ni] we hope he may live to a ripened old ago, I jt what he has already done. His submerged iraler wheel Threshing Mill jr rice, as now in operation at the Eastern art of the townTwill, in a few years, supplant 11 others where water power can he had. The raste of fuel and the expense of it, makcR it a urse to the proprietors 011 many accounts to tit up fire mills, where icnlcr can do the work. HOW TO ESCAPE THE CHOLERA. Although we have 110 symptoms of Cholera mong us, yet we can hardly expect to escape he visitation that is afflicting so many of our istcr cities. It becomes us, however, to proare at once to give it such a reception as will ender its visitat'on as mild as possible. We herefore publish, for the information ofihe pub. ic, the sanitary regulations of London, based pon one of the most minute investigations that ver was made into the circumstances attendnt on an epidemic disease. The editor of the iOndon Lancet says: uThcsc simple measures re worth all the nostrums or specifics which ave ever been vaunted for the cure of cholera. Baltimore Sun. I 44 Let every impurity, animal or vegetable, 1 e quickiy removed to a distance from the | abitations, such as slaughter bones, pig sties, | iiowimirlns nml nil other domestic i uisftiiccs." V We do not believe that animal putrefactions j rc ever connected with epidemic discn.scs, lint ! lere can lie no objection to their removal from ahitations. " Let all the uncovered drains be carefully nd frequently cleansed. " Let the grounds in and around the hahilaons be drained, so as effectually to carry off loislure of every kind. " Let all partitions be removed from within nd without habitations, which unnecessarily | nperil) ventilation. " Let every room be thrown open for the ad- | lission of air; and this should be done about ! oon, when the atmosphere is most likely tube 0'u Let dry scrubbing be used in domestic Icansing, in place of water cleaning. " Let excessivp fatigue and exposure to damp nd cold, especially during the night, lie avoid, ! J. "Let the use of cold drinks and acid liquors specially under fatigue, be avoided ; or when ie body is heated. " Let a poor diet, and the use of impure wa r in cooking or for drink, lie avoided. " Let the wearing of wet and insufficient billing be avoided. ' Let a flannel or woolien belt be worn round the belly. " N\ B. This has been found very servicca* le in checking the tendency to bowel comaint, so common during the prevalence of lolera. The disease has, in this country, len always found to com nenep with a Ioosj. )ss ill the bowels, and in this stage is very actable ; it should however be noticed, that a looseness is frequently attended by pain or icasness and fatal delay lias often occurred urn the notion that cholera mn>t be atlooded j ith cramps. In the early stage here referreil i, there is often no grilling or cramp, and it is this period that the disease can lie most casiarrested. " Let personal cleanliness lie carefully ohirved. "Let every cause tending to depress the morand physical energies he carefully avoided. " Let crowding of persons within houses and >artinent.? he avoided. " Let sleeping in low or dump rooms he avoidI. " Let fires ho kept up during the night in eeping or unjoining apartments, the night i sing the period of most danger from attack, j pecially under exposure to cold or damp. " Let all hedding and clothing he daily expos. I during winter and spring to the fire, and in- I miner to the heat of the sun." I Dr. Drake, a physician of Cincinnati, whose < quaintancc with this disease is said to lie as tensive as that of any practitioner in the West is published some suggestions on the subject, < hich we think worthy of notice : i 1. That leaving the city can do no possible ( iod. The disease is not contagious. The .use of it lias already spread through the city id been removed into the bodies of the inhabtnts. Those who escape to the country are ure likely to he ill than il they remained at une. 2. Epidemic cholera has no premonitory 1 mntorns. The diarrhoea, which is supposed t lie its forerunner, is the diseases itself, in its st stage ; as positively so as when it lias adneed to vomiting, or coldness and collapse. 3. The disease may he generally stopped, if ct in that early stage ; if it cannot then, it nnot afterwards. It cannot even then, if the tient continues on his feet. IIis life depends i his lying by. 4. All persons who havo worn flannel du- s rg the winter should keep it on, until the epi- \ mic has parsed awny. I THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. Wednesday Morning, June G, 1849. W. THURLOW CASTON, EDITOR. Our Markets. We have little alteration to make from our quotations for Cotton, of last week. The supply continues to fall off. We quote at 7 cents. Corn is scarce, and sells readily at G2 to Go cents. Flour, 5J> to 53. IIo! for California. Andrew Young and James Hnol of our Town, left on last Thursday evening for the gnhl diggings. Their mode of Iravelling is with a small two horse wagon, well furnished .villi every thing necessary for such an enterprise. If their journeying* will continue and end as they have begun, they will have a right merry trip of it. Their camp for the first night was near Town, where their numerous friends assembled, and spent a jovial time, with them, in cheering them on, in their hazardous and distant expedition. They go from here to Lancaster, where po*. sihly they may gain recruits ; then on through North Carolina awl Tennnessec to Memphis, where thoy hoped to fall in with others, making for the same regions. Their starting point in the Territories is Foil Smith. They carry with them the best wishes of the whole community. Young prudent and enterprising, they can scarcely fail, if they have health, to secure a full share of the dimes. May we soon see them reiorning among us, in good health, and heavily ladened with the precious metal. Just as we Expected. It is with pleasure we give room to the communication of Mr. Billiard, that sold has been found on Beaver Creek in this District. In consideration of the new impulse gii'en to gold hunting throughout the world by the developments in California, we confidently predicted a few months ago, that the sand hills ol Kershaw would soon yield up the precious metal. She is iu the great vein of gold, running from Georgia to North Carolina, and we believe explorations are only necessary to discover it in great quantities. Send us on the specimen Mr. fl. of the yellow metal, as soon as convenient, for we arc fond of taking notice of the resources of the Palmetto State. The Case of Brown. r\ 1? ?:ii it?. V/lir rctiuirrn Win iruuucci mat nt/iuv ?V* an ago, we stated that Jim Brown had been con. victed at the Court recently held in this place, for stealing and for aiding negroes of J. Tru*dell, in running oft" to a free Slate, and that his Attorney J. Smart Esq. had carried up the case to the Appeal Court. The motions in arrest of judgment, and for a new trial, were, pressed with great zeal and power by his Counsel, hut the Court sustained the finding of the Jury. Brown was sentenced by his Honor JuJge O'Xcall on .Monday 23ih tilt., before whom the case was ?* . tried on the circuit,;to be bung on Friday 13th July. His manner while receiving his sentence, an impressive one, is represented to hare been cool and self-possessed. The next day the Sheriff" of Kershaw District started with him on the Railroad, with handcuffs on, to liringjliim back to Ivershaw Jail to await the day of execution. In passing over the trestle work in Wateree swamp, at a place from 15 to IS feet hight, Brown suddenly made a desperato effort to escape by leaping from the cars, in which lie broke his leg above the ankle. Wo have seen the spot whero ho jumped, and think it lea?t probable that a safe leap could be taken there, than any other part of the road between here and Columbia. It was near the edge of an old field, on the hardest ground to be found in the swamp, but we understand that [frown says, ho could not select his place for watching the Sheriff, and this was the only spot that the Sheriff's eyes were not on him. We refer our readers to the communication of .Mr. Warren Sheriff, in another column, lor further particulars connnet-d with the escape and search, and who ptihljifhcs it that the public may have a correct ^lenient of the facts. A reward had been off'M-ed for Brown's apprehension, and a negro belonging to a gentleman living in the neighbourhood, found him on Wednesday evening, about one-fourth of a mile from the spot, 011 the other side of the road, and in a different direction from the place where his tracks were seen leading into a canebrake. lie was carried up to Middleton Depot. He suffered greatly from the accident, and though he often tried he never succeeded in breaking his handcuffs off. Ife says he crawled into a thick canebrake near the road, and swooned away, and was in that condition when the search was going on the first evening. lie is now in jail under medical treatment, and though every attention is paid him, we understand that lie is not entirely out of danger. His indefatigable Counsel is preparing to petition for the interposition of Executive clemency, and hopes to succeed in getting a respite of the sentence, il not a full pardon. Wc refer our rentiers to the communication of ( our Monthly Correspondent for a spicy dish of j tews from the Metropolis, served up for their en- ' ertainmenf. Our thanks are due hint for the variety of items t contains. . ? ... r n n f i'rancis 1.moor, l., L,. i/. rroiessor in our ( College in Columbia, has liecn appointed one ol i lie Lecturers of the? Smithsonian Institute, at 1 he next Congressional session. The selection J jf one so well qualified to discharge this duty, ( oflecls great credit upon the Institution,?and iliewg most conclusively?that the reputation of he College and its Faculty is not confined 1 vithin the limits of the State. t Mr. Edmund IliuUe, tho late able Commis- t lioner of the Patent Office, is now associated vith Mr. Ritchie in editing the Washington Jnion. Three Great Events in Europe* The London Times says, ''Three great events claim, at the present moment, our chief attention,?the advance of the Russian troops into [Tun gury, the approach of a French army I to Rome, and lastly, the prospect of a serious contest between all the existing governments of Germany and large masses of the peoplc already pledged to risk every thing in defence of national unity and democratic institutions. Fire ix Mobile.?The Courier states that a fire broke out in Mobile on the morning of the 28th ult., which destroyed property to the amount of Eighty Thousand Dollars. The amount of Insurance on the pmpprly is stated at about Thirty-three thousand dollars, all of which loss is said to have fallen on offices in j Mobile. I Several young men were caught beneath a | falling roof, and seriously injured?the life of, one is despaired of. Jamps K. Robinson E<q., has been elected ; a Director in the Planters' and Mechanics' Panic, in the place, of his father John Robinson Esq. deceased. U3"* Our readers will see from our correspondent's letter in another column, that Mr. Dill charged with a requisition of Governor : Seabrook, upon the Executive of Louisiana, for the arrest of John W. Clark, suspected of being one of those, who fired the City of Charleston recently, has returned with the prisoner. who is now in jail in that city. His case will he taken up during the present sifting or the Couil. The Cholera Has abated to some extent in the Northern Cities, hut rages with increased fury, on the Western waters The Charleston papers promptly deny the rumor, that auy case has occurred in that City. The Town Council are actively engaged, in cleating away every local cause, that might engender disease, cleansing the streets and cellars, and scattering lime all over the City. If the dreadful scourge should visit them, they are determined to he prepared for its approach. We trust they will he spared a visit from this fearful enemy ol the human race. O* We take from the Telegraph, the following complimentary notice of the efforts made in the Appeal Ci urf, in the case of Brown, by his energetic Counsel. " A motion in arrest of Judgment had been I filed by his Counsel, Major John* Smart, who pressed his objections to the original verdict upon the Court with great energy and power.-*? He contested every inch ot ground, and was sustained in the main ground of his appeal by Judge Richardson, who delivered a dissenting opinion to the judgement of the Court?but his efforts to save his client were i i vain. Nothing but the terrible weight of the testimony could have baffled the unflagging energies and resonrces of his counsel." Far the Journal, TO THE PUBLIC. I beg leave to submit the following statement of fuels in relation to the escape c f James Brown from my custody on the 2!)th ult. I left Columbia with the prisoner, his hands well secured in irons, which remained on him, until we arrived /I the Junction, at which place, I took them ofT lor a short time, but under such circumstances, as entirely to preclude the possibility of his escaping. I replaced the irons, and we went on very well until we had passed the River about a milehe re he effected his escape front the car hy jumping a distance of 15 or 18 feel. 1 was sitting opposite him, and not at the door of the car, as lias been incorrectly stated. His habit had been to stand up frequently, or at limes to rest himself, and on this occasion, he embraced the opportunity whilst on his feet to make his fatal leap. 1 had the cars stopped as soon as I could, and immediately -jumped after him, followed by Mr. Win. E. Johnson Jr. whose kindness with other gentlemen who assisted j throughout the entire search, I shall ever hold in grateful Temembrancc. We were unable, to stop the cars short of some half mile, as they were running over the trestle work faster than usual, to gain fimo lost by detention, and by the time we got to where Brown fell, wo could see nothing of him. We searched a short lime, but the swamp being very thick and close at hand, afforded hi in a secure hiding place? We then went on to Middlcton, some two miles distant, and procured the assistance of three gentlemen, and returning made as diligent a e?niv*h ii<j ih? l.iionnss of the hour and the cir rumstancos would permit. Returning to Middlefon we awaited the arrival of an extra train from Camden, with assistance which came promptly and generously to my aid about ten o'clock tlio same night. The passes of the swamp were guarded, and the search as effectual as could be done under the circumstances at night. Next morning every possible effort was made to find him, but without success. The swamp was traversed to a considerable extent, and we were compelled to abandon the search. I offered a reward for Brown's apprehension, and am glad to stale by this means have sucrecdetl in getting him; he is now in my custody, from which it is hardly |>ossible he will ever again attempt to escape. A physician has been in attendance upon him, and he will have every thing done for his comfort that, is necessary. This is a simple statement of facts, relating to this unfortunate afTair. In conclusion I beg leave to add, that whilst I regret, as much as any one could, this unlmppy circumstance, I have no cause wherewith to reproach myself, and though I incurred great I responsibility, it was on the side of humanity. ! I'o me it will over l?o a source 01 tne greatest gratification, that whilst the prospect all around seemed dark and drear, many friends by a prac. licnl illustration evidenced that charity which tiifFereth long and Is kind, in contradistinction nost obviously to that narrow, mean fouled sel- . Ishness, which is ever suspiciou?, and under | idversc circumstances treacherously seeks to 1 :rtt8h and to destroy, which seeks? "To convey a libel in a frown, And wink a reputation down" Eerily docs "suspicion ever haunt tho guilty nind." i To all who hoped for the best, my sincere i hanks are due. THOS. J. WARREN, 1 Sheriff Kershaw (Hf 'rict. i Camden, Juno 2d, 1849. | < ' * .r; For the Journal. GOtTD ON BEAVER CREEK!!! Air. Editor ?We are happy to announce I hat old Beaver Creek, so renewed for its agbicitl* tubal resources, can aim hoast of its mixrbal resources. After several months spent in index faligable observations, I came to the conrliutiori that there must be gold on Beaver Creek, consequently, I set about investigating the mattery and have, beyond all contingency, succeeded in developing a mine on the plantation of B. ||ib liard near Russel Place. The ore is imbedded in a small hill of a comical form, capped with a. stratum of quartz, under which, lies a stratum of Sandstone (the ore) of sineular beauty, and formation. The ore (which is in great abtitw 1 dance) fifteen feet from the surface has been thoroughly tested, and was found to yield 50 per .. cent to the bushol. The ore 30 feet, from the surface has not been properly tested, but the II. J-J .i?. :. .t_ _? generam concentu nj>iniuii is, ;uut u is wvriu at least 100 per cent more than the former ; hence you sec, that it increases in i*n!uc as we approach the water whose distance is variously estimated from the surface. I have discontinued all investigation for the present, for the purpose of erecting machinery, after which*,you may expect to hear from the "diggings" again. I shall send you a specimen of the ore whenever an opportunity present* itself. -? Your most obedirnt, A. L. MILLIARD, JU& Russel Place, May 30, 1819. > jr,;, v.T ot ?n>* For (lie Camden JuorniU.. t Mr. Editor?[ noticed amongyour.sqleeiUMt Ife in the last Journal, taken from some P?* per, the closing sianzas of Byrou's trO^p^N*. pole on Bonaparte*?' and was thus .reminded of the following, in the fourth caulo of,ChildejBar# old, which equally iudicate* the,Poe^f ;fi fyjfpci ^ ation of Washington, and At.rtip^saip^^ui9.haR much higher claims to .pofUq./nrrJ?mcMiayt J perhap?, fill an unfurnished corner .of the 'flour* nal,"and thus be read Uy^eotru. who w?pld not look fur it in the author's works fur fear of con lamination: . .,o . ; Can Tyrants but by Tyraata.coxiqojgrciJ^w^' ( And Freedom find no champion and-pp.child^ : Such as Columbia saw arise, uhenabo.,3; Sprong forth a Pallas, arm'd. and u Or moat such minds be riourish'd iu Um wij4m Deep in the unpruned forest, miualriWeJMfr-, Of cataracts, whore nursing Matuo?spiled On infant Washington? Has earth nomftp ) Such seeds within her breast, <* Eyrop*-wpfsocfa shore?1 . < m;*< \ In not admiring over much tin? ^naas^pub. Iithed in your last,.! amsustaioodvhy leas authority than the Poet him?*IiJfWfpiag of the three last stanzas of that don't like them at .all, and ih<\y hnd belter he left out;" they were added to the Ode, at .dlhp re* quest of his Publisher, Mprrajk'(Wilder to avoid tne stamp amy, luen im{>f>Hru on plications not exceeding a sheet?and-the Lard. Poet could do nothing on compulsion, "V-s tv*o*.Y Trnly yours, "i -nliMJIR. Satuwlay Evening, June 2d. v-H .j.a; >&?# Correspondence of the C'amdmJuum*^., (-'ii arlkstox, June 2, W49. 4 Dear/Sir?The health.of our fa?0r<\d<Qil/ M far,conirnttes unusually jjood fitriUti^feBfoa of the year, notwithstanding rumors iOcnftwpiaJiy prevailing of cases of Cholera..,. .T^Jdercuir ** of yesterday morning took up-rhe gauvtjet of war against your neighbor.-of-, lite "Colombia J Telegraph," for giving currency to some of these idle reports. It was of cnursg a^done with any view of injuring Charleston,!** still | the papers cannot at this crisis, observe too J much prudence with regard to disseminafthtf \ information on this importh'ritisnhject. The least spark is apt to kindle into a flame at snch timet, and if our c untry frfends shoukMs* seized with a panic, the contagion would immediately spread through the State, and our Metropolis would be avoided, as if we had been desolated by the p'ague. We cannot presume-tP- e?. i emption from this terrible'vfeitftttpn, j^Ufe all J around us have been suffering fcoantfrrftf get, nw me present cnnuuiun ih iiio vp^ vanouw the hope, lhat vigilance and prudence -fniJl in * great measure arrest its violence-.wbeftv^ doea come. Our city authorities are uiiqg} their most strenuous efforts for this object. . The little squibs you see in the papers.^are many afjhern, for electioneering purposes?The Straps were never in better order,?and strengCrstiHijf' visitn? for sometime to come, we hope, with perfect impunity. ' v V. Von We hav? our share of pohlio amusements.? Stockwell's Panorama of the Mississippi bus recently left us. The ileron Ihnrtfly Jm've been performing at the Theatre and Hibernian; Hall. Prof. M.S. Reeves gave a Concert last Thursday evening at the Hibernian Hall, assifted by Madame Hnmmarskold and MeaepsfGuilmette, Herwig, Mitchpll, Fisher, Kelt, Gambalj, Slo- ^ man, Iiraucr, Hess and numerous afcutiettrs.? These are all resident musicians; and together form a corps of talent and skill rarely to be met with in this Country, where we sal aejmoch value upon imported artists. ,'j The Italian Opera Company have* .returned from Savannah where they have heeg drawing crowded houses. They will visit -.O^umbia and Augusta, and perform hero agairvin costume in the early pArt of th> presentqpORth. Excursions around the harbor are.becoming frequent as the season advances.' The garner ? ? -- - ' . rest _ 44 G. W. Colfoft" in the iavorite Ikmim; i ne "Major Hibben" carried out a resectable number on a fishing excursion yesterday. /;*> Our old Pyrotechnist, J. D. Browne, has commenced his displays of fire works al the Battery on moonlight evenings. Thw-Universa I place of refuge from the htM Antitrust of the day, still attiacts its throngs ofbeapx and \ belles. Before the summer has left, us, we may expect to hear of numerous delicate little affairs transacted at "moonlight's frirjSr.hour," * that enchanting season, which has . inspired so ** many fond lorers' hearts with poe?ry->nnd ro- ? mance as ' -m - * "gaze met gov'Vf Mi And heart saw heart translucid ihrooji the rays" nf iho lair orb of niirlit. "Nous \'?rons." Halls and daucirtg parties are wiring-way to equestrian frolics at the Battery. During the moonlight nights most places of puNic meetings are comparatively deserted. T ??'; An address was delivered before the children of tho Sunday Schools of the Protestant Epif copal Churches of this City, on Tuesday after, noon last, at Grace Church, Wentwortb street, by Rev. W. W. Spear, Rector of that Church. tk? .i>ii/ir.in /> ?k,? School nnd their teachers H attended in great numbers. " Our City was quite lively during a portion of ^ the week just closed ; a large numbefriof strain* girs having visited us for a fear days to attend ibe proceedings of the Southern Baptist Tricn* nial Convention. Ample provision-bad been made for the comfortable acenrmnodatilm of the delegates and othew, tnortljMif privatobooses. J The assembling of so manjrdHaitigulibed repre- ^ Ben tat Ives of this denmniottsiN* <pe&cM*d an 1 imposing array of Iearrringa^d-etaqwsnce? I | had t he privilege of hearing some of the debates, J